What Is Init0?

This will be a short one. For those who didn’t know, init 0 is essentially another way to shutdown a unix-based system, by changing the init run level to 0, essentially shutting down the system in a controlled manner. I chose it because its a reference to Unix (and Linux), and I spend a lot of time interacting with Linux. That doesn’t mean I won’t post anything about what I do on my Windows PC - this blog is supposed to be a digital notepad of all things techy, and so it won’t be limited to just that. ...

May 22, 2025 Â· 1 min Â· 98 words Â· Vivaan M

Introduction to the lab

Nodes Let’s take a look into what the ‘(home)lab’ (that’s quite a generous word) consists of… 1 Raspberry Pi 5 1 Raspberry Pi 3 2 Oracle cloud free-tier VMs My other laptop, which adds some power to the ‘cluster’ when I’m not using it So in the grand scheme of things, it’s not that powerful. But that also adds to the challenge, as things might need some tweaking to get working. Of course, this comes with the caveat of wanting to drop-kick my laptop out of the windows when things don’t work, but it’s all part of the fun…, right? ...

May 21, 2025 Â· 3 min Â· 528 words Â· Vivaan M

Welcome

Welcome to Init0 02:48:38 vivaan@ultimate ~ → man init0 Hey! Welcome to Init0, my digital notepad for all things techy, where I share whatever I happen to be working on at the moment. Init0 is a place for anything, from Home Automation, to my programming endeavours, to me trying to self-host half of Google. Whether you’re here to learn something new, see what I’ve been building, or just take a peek into my workflow — I’m glad you stopped by. ...

May 20, 2025 Â· 1 min Â· 117 words Â· Vivaan M